I did turn a few more chicken feed bags into shopping bags. They work really well, especially since they are waterproof too, and could be used for all kinds of things one needs to tote around.
Ich habe noch ein paar Huehnerfutter Saecke in Einkaufstaschen umgewandelt. Sie sind total praktisch, vor allem da sie wasserdicht sind und fuer alles moegliche benutzt werden koenne.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sometime in the late summer of last year (!) Hannah decided (after cruising pinterest) to built her own desk. She saw this project, where people actually tiled their floor with broken mirror pieces and she wanted to create a desktop using the same method.

Step one was to buy the wood needed and paint it black to match the furniture in her room.

This is where everything went horribly wrong. :-( Apparently somebody had bought a can of polyurethane, used up some of it, refilled the can with water and returned it to Lowe's. They restocked it - you guessed it - we bought it and poured it over the mirror pieces. It was a disaster, the stuff ran off the top like water! We realized that something was wrong and returned the can to Lowe's. They said stuff like that happens all the time! We bought a new can of polyurethane, but it never would set and dry completely. It sat in the garage for 6 month, never dried until we finally threw it away!! Hannah was really upset since she had paid for all the materials with her own money, but she didn't want to give up on a desk she had built by herself.
Hier fingen nun die Probleme an. :-( Wir hatten einen Dose Polyurethane gekauft um sie ueber die Spiegelteile zu giessen. Leider hatte aber jemand anders die Dose schon vor uns gekauft, die Haelfte benutzt, wieder mit Wasser aufgefuellt und dann in den Laden zurueck getragen! Es war ein Albtraum! Als Hannah zu giessen anfing, lief das Zeug wie Wasser herunter. Wir haben die Dose dann zu Lowe's zurueck getragen und die meinten so etwas passiert leider des oefteren. :-( Uns hat das leider nichts genuetzt, denn obwohl wir eine neue Dose gekauft hatten, wurde der Tisch nie trocken. Er sass fuer 6 Monate in unserer Garage bis wir ihn dann wegwerfen mussten. Hannah war enttaeuscht und sauer, denn sie hatte alle Materialien mit ihrem eigenen Geld gekauft. Aufgeben wollte sie aber nicht...

Which brings us to yesterday: She went and bought more wood and this time she went and bought some tile for the tabletop. Here she is trying to figure out the layout of the tile.
Das bringt mich dann zu diesem Wochenende: Hannah hat wieder eine Holzplatte gekauft und dieses Mal hat sie auch gleich Fleissen fuer die Oberflaeche mitgekauft. Hier ueberlegt sie wie die Fliessen verteilt werden.

Laying the tile...
Fliessen werden verlegt...

This morning the desk was moved to where the old one had been and Hannah started grouting it.

DONE! Well, almost... There is a little piece of trim in the back that still needs to be nailed down, but we have to get some little finishing nails first.
FERTIG! Naja, fast zumindest... Es ist noch eine kleine Zierleiste die vernagelt werden muss, aber dafuer muessen wir jetzt noch die Naegel besorgen.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Last Friday early in the morning, we loaded the bike onto a trailer, the four of us piled into the truck and we headed to Oklahoma. The girls were going to spend a week with grandma and grandpa (thank you again for everything you guys have done with them and for them!!!!) and Greg and I were going to leave for a few days just the two of us.

We left Saturday morning and drove through Oklahoma, Kansas and ended in Nebraska for the night. We left at about 8:00 in the morning and got to our hotel around 6:00 in the evening. Loooong day on the bike!

The Road King was packed down like a mule. :-)
Unser Road King war beladen wie ein Muli. :-)

On Sunday morning we left and headed for South Dakota.
Sonntag frueh sind wir dann in Richtung South Dakota gefahren.

We drove through the Badlands and I have to say it was amazing. What a gorgeous and strange place at the same time.
Wir sind durch die Badlands gefahren und es war die Wucht. Ein wunderbarer und seltsamer Platz, kann man mit Worten kaum beschreiben.

When it was time to leave it started to get extremely windy and then it started to rain. We were rewarded with a double rainbow. :-)
Als wir losfahren wollten wurde es total windig und hat zu regnen angefangen. Unsere Belohnung dafuer war aber ein doppelter Regenbogen. :-)

Day two was a trip to several places. First stop was Hill City.
Am zweiten Tag haben wir mehrere Sachen gemacht. Unser erster Stop war in Hill City.

We squeezed Mount Rushmore in the same day since it was in the general area. It was getting late though, so we only took pictures from the roadside.
Da Mount Rushmore in der selben Gegend ist, haben wir das auch noch "schnell" gemacht. Leider war es da schon etwas spaeter und so haben wir nur Bilder im Vorbeifahren gemacht.

Sturgis during the day...
Sturgis am Tag...

We had to check out the Full Throttle Saloon. It was definitely something....
Natuerlich mussten wir uns den Full Throttle Saloon ansehen. Da war vielleicht was geboten...

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I'm 46 years old and have been married to my hubby for 26 years. We have two wonderful girls, ages 16 and 18. I started this blog to stay in touch with our family and friends in Germany and here in the US. It's a little glimpse into our daily lives...